Word: hear
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...fabricated evidence and lies is a monstrous crime. It is naive to think that Bush would ever stand trial, but Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and others could. This would show the world that America does not, in fact, always act with impunity. However, in reality, we have yet to hear any kind of admission or apology from the Administration in its waning days, and the Pentagon's attitude toward the civilian casualties caused by its troops leaves a lot to be desired. Without actively seeking moral (and legal) accountability, both retrospectively and looking to the future, America will never regain...
...nervous when he hit SEND, but the words were reasonable. "Computers are slowly becoming something that we use every day," he wrote. "And learning how to use them is a major factor in our lives. So I'm just bringing this to your attention." He didn't expect to hear back. Rhee answered the same day. It was the beginning of an unusual relationship...
...Guantánamo Bay be closed "tomorrow." Gates has also reportedly pushed for closing Gitmo and for faster withdrawals from Iraq. He has called a military strike against Iran a "strategic calamity," urged diplomacy with Tehran's mullahs and denounced the "creeping militarization" of U.S. foreign policy. (You don't hear that from a Defense Secretary every day.) For her part, Hillary Clinton during the presidential campaign embraced an Iraq-withdrawal position virtually identical to Obama's. And although they fought a sound-bite war over sitting down with the leaders of countries like Iran, the two candidates' actual Iran policies...
...hear over and over about the federal bailout of the financial industry. But what tends not to be said is that it is our tax dollars--yours and mine--that will be doing the work. A friend of mine mentioned a novel proposal: the executives of these financial companies who are getting federal dollars should not make any more than the $400,000 that we pay the President of the United States. After all, the President works for the American citizen, and now the American citizen is bailing out the high-flying executives of these financial-service companies that squandered...
...Iowa is the only state in the country where we have an open marriage case pending before a court," Chrisler said. (The Iowa high court will hear oral arguments in December.) "So we expect the battle to move now to issues like gay adoption and foster parenting, There isn't anywhere left for the other side to go on marriage." (See a video from a gay wedding...